Memphis at East Carolina


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The Memphis Tigers head out on the road tonight and travel to East Carolina in this C-USA showdown scheduled for a 7:00 P.M. tip-off.  Our latest spreads show East Carolina favored by just one point.

Memphis (21-8, 9-5) comes into this matchup tonight struggling on the road this season. The Tigers are just 4-5 SU on the road this season while going 4-7 ATS away from home this year. The offense from Memphis is struggling away from home this year averaging just 65.3 points per game which is 7.7 points lower then their season average of 73 points per game. The struggling offense on the road has gotten worse over the last five road game averaging just 58.8 points per game in which they have scored more then 65 just once. The defense is not playing any better on the road this season either allowing 73.6 points per game away from home. The Tigers are 0-2-2 ATS their last 4 games against C-USA opponents. The Tigers are 2-6-1 ATS their last 8 games following a SU loss. The Tigers are just 2-5 ATS the last 7 meeting between these two teams.

East Carolina ( 15-13, 7-7) enters this matchup looking for revenge on this Memphis team that pulled out a 3 point win against them in Memphis back in early January. The Pirates this season are 10-4 SU at home will going just 4-6 ATS though. East Carolina is averaging 71.7 points per game at home this season while allowing 69.1 points per game. If the Pirates plan on winning this game tonight they do need to step up their defense against t this struggling offense of Memphis. The last five games East Carolina is allowing 76 points per game which is not going to help them tonight if they don’t improve on that end of the floor. The offense is averaging 68.2 points per game the last five games which we should see that tonight from the Pirates against a bad road defense in Memphis.

East Carolina has a chance to finally nab a win against a struggling Memphis road team this year. Memphis has won the last nine meetings between these two teams and with playing Memphis down to the wire against them in early January the Pirates should be able to come out with some confidence and pull out a victory tonight at home against this Memphis team. Play the home team to get it done tonight and cover the 1 point spread.

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